Ex-professor has it wrong on Rice

Although I applaud his military service, I hope the retired Pacific professor who wrote the March 14 letter, "Rice poor choice for Pacific guest," was not a history teacher.

Although I applaud his military service, I hope the retired Pacific professor who wrote the March 14 letter, "Rice poor choice for Pacific guest," was not a history teacher.

Blaming Condoleezza Rice for the Iraq war is just historically inaccurate.

The facts are that the majority of the world's intelligence agencies, Iraq's history and the Republicans and Democrats, including those on the intelligence committees, agreed with the initial actions.

The professor needs to put on his tweed coat with the elbow patches and go and listen to one of the most intelligent and articulate public servants this country has ever had.

I'm proud that Pacific and Stockton are hosting this very accomplished woman.

Michael DiSerio

Stockton

I had the privilege of attending one of the 2013 Brubeck Institute events with the Brubeck Quintet and guest artist John Daversa.

What a great night of music! The venue at Take 5 at Valley Brew is just a great place for this event along with some very nice menu options.

There are many Brubeck Institute events remaining in the month of March. We are very fortunate to have these young people from the institute represent our community and they deserve are support.

George Retamoza

Stockton

Newspaper professional ethics is expected in reporting politics and other selections. Opinions should only be found on the editorial page.

Michael Fitzgerald's opinions and beliefs seem to have the goal of educating the public. He writes with authority and often moves with no forethought a failure to understand the problem.

To many this is slander, another outrage of violence. Hopefully our newspaper audience has the ability to read and to reason, even without a college education!

With no indictment, Fitzgerald is both jury and judge in regard to Cardinal Roger Mahony.

So here is my opinion. All the facts are still not known.

Cardinal Mahony did send these priests for rehabilitation and accepted the words of doctors that the priests could return safely. He was probably ill-advised.

Where were the fathers when all this abuse occurred?

Secondly, this is still a man's world.

How many women, by nature physically weaker, have been raped and abused and no millions given them, forced to raise a child without help from the biological father and refusing an abortion.

A real man accepts responsibility for his wife and children, married or not.

Two men living together have no responsibility - and statistics show that abuse is more prevalent among gays. Check the Boy Scouts!

Something else is in my mind - Fitzgerald's casual mention of the "undesirable" street people, removed in the coldest of weather.

Why does he not write about what happened to them? You now see them in corners everywhere. Could be a genius among them!

There is some solution to any problem if we only will face it.

More madness: What will happen to the millions of dictionaries in schools which define marriage as between a man and woman?

Margaret Fleming

Stockton

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